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Date:      Wed, 18 Jul 2001 10:56:43 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
To:        roam@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf kmod.mk
Message-ID:  <200107181456.f6IEujO87127@aldan.algebra.com>
In-Reply-To: <200107180959.f6I9xt016978@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On 18 Jul, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> roam        2001/07/18 02:59:55 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/conf             kmod.mk 
>   Log:
>   Make sure that  installing a module complains if  the target modules
>   directory  does not  exist, instead  of creating/overwriting  a file
>   with the name of the (expected)  directory. Yes, this deviates a bit
>   from nearly  all other install targets  in the tree, but  let's face
>   it, removing a modules directory is not all that uncommon a mistake,
>   and finding a file with the contents of the last module installed is
>   a baaad surprise at boot time..

IMHO, the  target directory should  be a Makefile  target of its  own, a
dependecy of the install target. Then parallel installs just might work.

	-mi




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